CAIRO – The ruling military pledged Saturday to eventually hand power to an elected civilian government and reassured allies that Egypt will abide by its peace treaty with Israel after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, as it outlined the first cautious steps in a promised transition to greater democracy. Protesters and the young organizers […]

Philadelphia cops are searching for a transgender hip-hop singer who goes by “Black Madam” in connection with a British woman’s death following a botched butt-implant procedure. Authorities believe “Black Madam”, whose real name is Padge Victoria Windslowe, 41, gave Claudia Aderotimi, 20, a back-room buttock-enhancement procedure in a Philadelphia hotel on Monday. On Thursday, cops […]

Boston — Personal honors never meant much to Bill Russell, one of America’s most successful athletes, with 2 college titles, 1 Olympic gold medal and 11 — count ’em, 11 — N.B.A. championships with the Boston Celtics. He has never visited the Basketball Hall of Fame, where he was the first black N.B.A. player enshrined, […]

1909 – During a “call to action” meeting led by W.E.B DuBois and attended by many other black scholars and activists, the NAACP is founded.